Empire Exhibition Trophy in Glasgow 1938


Friendly tournament played in Glasgow to commemorate the Exhibition of British Empire in 1938 held in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow. The best clubs of England and Scotland were invited.

The trophy, to be kept permanently by the winning club, was a silver replica of the Exhibition Tower.

All games played at Ibrox Park.


Participants:  Rangers FC             (Scotland)
               Celtic FC              (Scotland)
               Aberdeen FC            (Scotland)
               Heart of Midlothian FC (Scotland)
               Everton FC              (England)
               Brentford FC            (England)
               Chelsea FC              (England)
               Sunderland FC           (England)

Quarterfinals
25-5-1938   Celtic FC-Sunderland FC            0-0  
              [att: 53.976]
 ?-5-1938   Aberdeen FC-Chelsea FC             4-0
29-5-1938   Heart of Midlothian-Brentford FC   3-1  (1-0?)
30-5-1938   Glasgow Rangers-Everton FC         0-2 
              [att: 47,692] 

Quarterfinal Replay
26-5-1938   Celtic FC-Sunderland FC            3-1
              [Johnny Crum, Divers (2); ?]

Semifinals
30-5-1938   Celtic FC-Heart of Midlothian      1-0
              [Johnny Crum]
 ?-6-1938   Everton FC-Aberdeen FC             3-2

Final
10-6-1938   Celtic FC-Everton FC               1-0  [aet]
              [Johnny Crum 95; att: 82,000]

Celtic FC:  Kennaway, Hogg, Morrison, Geatons, Lyon, Paterson,
            Delaney, MacDonald, Crum, Divers, Murphy.

Everton FC: Sagar, Cook, Greenhalgh, Mercer, Jones, Thomson,
            Geldard, Cunliffe, Lawton, Stevenson, Boyes.




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Prepared and maintained by Javier García, Frédéric Pauron and Andrea Veronese for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Javier García (mcalvo@tmb.net), Frédéric Pauron (fpauron@hotmail.com) and Andrea Veronese (veronas@tiscalinet.it)
Last updated: 15 Feb 2003

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